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 SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS. SEss. III. Cxs .83-85. 1031 . 1055 CHAP. 83 .-An Act To extend the time for the construction of a bridge across the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times TitoGr extended d for for commencing and comp leting the construct ion of a b ridge bbrridgin , a Rio Gran- c Tex. authorized by Act of Congress approved February 15, 1929, to be Vot. ' 45, p. 1184, buil t by the Rio Grand e City-Ca margo Brid ge Compan y, across amended . the Rio Grande at or near Rio Grande City, Texas, are hereby extended one and three years, respectively, from February 15, 1931. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 31, 1931. January 31, 1931. (n. R . 13533.1 [Public, No . 596.1 Amendment . January31, 1931 . CHAP. 84.-An Act Granting the consent of Congress to the Highway 	(n.R. 14051 .1 Department of the State of Tennessee to construct, maintain, and operate a [Public, No. 597 .] bridge across the Elk River on the Fayetteville-Winchester Road near the town of Kelso, in Lincoln County, Tennessee . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That th e consen t of Congress is hereby granted to the Highway Department of the Sta te of Te nnessee t o constr uct, mai ntain, a nd operat e a free high- way bridge and approaches thereto across the Elk River, at a point sui table to the int erests of navig ation, o n the Fa yettevil le-Winc hester Road near the town of Kelso, in Lincoln C ounty, Te nnessee, in acc ordance with the provisio ns of an act ent itled " An act to regu- late the construction of bridges over navigable waters ." approved March 23, 1906. SEC. 2 . The right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved. Approved, January 31, 1931. Elk River. Tennessee may b ridge, near Kelso. Construction. Vol. 34, p.84. Amendment. CHAP. 8 5 .-An A ct Autho rizing and dire cting th e Secret ary of War to JInuary31 266.1. g g y III. R. 14x1 lend to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans two (Public, No. 598 .1 hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, complete ; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents ; thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents ; ten thousand blankets, olive drab, numbered 4; five thousand pillowcases ; five thousand canvas cots ; five thousand cotton pillows ; five thousand bed sacks ; ten thousand bed sheets ; twenty field ranges, numbered 1 ; ten field bake ovens ; fifty water bags (for ice water) ; to be used at the encampment of the United Confederate Veterans, to be held at Montgomery, Alabama, in June, 1931 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authori zed to l end, at h is discr etion, to the entertainment committee of the United Confederate Veterans, whose encampment is to be held at Montgomery, Alabama, June 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, 1931, two hundred and fifty pyramidal tents, com- ple te with all poles, pegs, and othe r equipm ent neces sary for their erection ; fifteen 16 by 80 by 40 foot assembly tents, complete with all poles, pegs, and other equipment necessary for their erection thirty 11 by 50 by 15 foot hospital-ward tents, complete with all their poles, pegs, and equipment necessary for their erection ; twenty field ranges, numbered 1, with necessary equipment for their erec- t ion ; ten field b ake ovens with ne cessary equipmen t for th eir erec- tion ; fifty water bags (for ice water) drab, numbered 4 ; five thousand pillowcases ; five thousand canvas cots ; five thousand cotton pillows ; five thousand bed sacks ; and Uni ted Co nfedera te Veterans. Loan of Army tents, etc., for encampment of, at ?,1ontgomery, Ala.
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